The internet existed and was pretty great before these large centralized systems came into being.
The big centralized systems existed before the internet. GEnie. Delphi. Bitnet. CompuServe. The Well. American People Link. And dozens more.
The internet brought them all together, then extinguished them. Now we're going back to the old days.
The only difference now is that instead of paying AT&T to carry dialup connections and leased lines, we're paying our local/regional ISP for cable and fiber.
It's all the same game. Only the names have changed.
The big centralized systems existed before the internet. GEnie. Delphi. Bitnet. CompuServe. The Well. American People Link. And dozens more.
The internet brought them all together, then extinguished them. Now we're going back to the old days.
The only difference now is that instead of paying AT&T to carry dialup connections and leased lines, we're paying our local/regional ISP for cable and fiber.
It's all the same game. Only the names have changed.